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In the 1190s, at the Palace in Kamakura ... (Kenkyû no hajime Kamakura no tachi ni shoshi taikei o ...)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–50 (Kôka 4–Kaei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 73.7 cm (14 1/8 x 29 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38214a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T198
DescriptionA quarrel over a game of go in the palace of Kamakura, between Kudô Suketsune and Sasaki Nobutsuna with Mount Fuji behind. This incident occurred during the planning for the Great Battle of Hyôgo.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals
No blockcutter's mark
No blockcutter's mark
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.